How to Freelance your way to a Virtual Assistant job: Try Elance

Many successful virtual assistants get their start with our partner site - Elance .

Elance is a free resource and job listing site for virtual assistants who are looking for short term work. You can sign up and be hired for free and you can pick which position are pay level you are comfortable with. If you have skills and talent and want to work, Elance is the place to find clients who pay for great results.

If you've been having trouble landing a virtual assistant project because you do not have experience working from home or working as a virtual assistant then Elance is the perfect resource to get you started. You will find plenty of entry level projects that you can complete for real pay and references.

After you complete one or two Elance projects you will find that larger employers will become more interested in your resume which will lead to more (and better!) job offers.

Helping you find the right jobs that match your skills is what Elance is all about. Enter a keyword, such as a specific skill, into the Search Jobs box at the top of this page and click Go. You can refine your search from there using the filters on the left hand side of the page.

When you find a job or client you want to learn more about, you can view the complete job description, which will tell you more about what the client is seeking, and you can review the client’s payment history, award ratio, and feedback from prior providers.

It is free to create a profile and submit a limited number of proposals per month. There are several paid, month-to-month membership plans available for access to additional jobs and clients within a given month.

Elance makes money when the work is delivered and payments are made through Elance. When Clients make payments to their Provider(s), Elance deducts between 6.75% and 8.75% from each payment to cover its Service Fee and Payment Processing costs, transferring the remaining amount directly to the Provider’s Elance account.



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